Tuesday, 20 March 2018

Today I have an 8"x10" canvas to share with you, inspired by the March challenge over in the Colour Blast Creative Corner Facebook page - Be Inspired By Texture!

I created my base colour on my canvas by mixing some Candy Colour Shimmer Dust with some clear gesso and applying it to the canvas with a palette knife for some chunky texture. I also used the top of the mixing pot to apply some more circles and texture.

Once it was dry I added some Fire Engine and Dusty Charcoal Colour Pastes through a stencil, making sure the first colour was dry before adding the second. I also added some stamping.

Then it was time to put it all together with some embellishments from Flutterby Designs, Charm's Creations, D'Lish Scraps and Corbett Creations. Some bakers twine, thread and ribbon added yet more texture.

Make sure to head over to check out all the inspirationon the Colour Blast Creative Corner group on Facebook.

Monday, 19 March 2018

Todays post is putting together an art journal page using
only 5 colours, a couple of stencils and some collage.

Here is the video if you would like to watch a time lapse of
me making it.

So, lets begin …

I started by applying the top layer of tissue paper to the
journal page with matte medium.Ensuring
that there are no air bubbles.

I applied Black Heavy Gesso with a pallete knife through a
stencil randomly over the page.

Using one of my new designs of stencil, I used a sponge to
dab Black Heavy Gesso through the stencil to create an eye on each page.When I flipped the stencil to do the opposite
side I wasn’t too worried about the extra paint that may have been left behind
on the page at this stage.

Colour Spray Lagoon was sprayed where the darker areas of
the face would be.

White Heavy Gesso was applied to the lighter areas of the
face with a brush and blended out to the darker areas.

I gave the face some pink cheeks using a small amount of
paint with water added and blending it out to the side of the face and the
nose.I didn’t want the layers
underneath obscured to much so I made sure that it was a thin layer.

A watersolouble pencil in a black was used around the eyes
to add some depth and shading.The
pencil was activated with water and blended in.

To define the eye some more since they got lost a little with
all of the layers, I placed the stencil over the eye again and went over it
with Black Heavy Gesso daubed with a sponge.This time I did make sure that the stencil was dry before flipping it
over for the other side.